cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (02/03/91)
*** 9011 Sun Nov 4 20:18:28 1990 --- 9102 Sun Feb 3 10:36:19 1991 *************** *** 1,9 **** Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Welcome to comp.unix.sysv386 (AKA Frequently Asked Questions) ! Expires: 7 Dec 90 05:03:07 GMT Followup-To: poster Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc, Sterling VA. ! Supersedes: <1990Oct02.031507.4230@virtech.uucp> Welcome to the comp.unix.sysv386 newsgroup. This newsgroup (actually the former comp.unix.i386 newsgroup which was renamed to this group) was founded --- 1,9 ---- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Welcome to comp.unix.sysv386 (AKA Frequently Asked Questions) ! Expires: 7 Mar 91 05:03:07 GMT Followup-To: poster Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc, Sterling VA. ! Supersedes: <1990Nov05.012005.18284@virtech.uucp> Welcome to the comp.unix.sysv386 newsgroup. This newsgroup (actually the former comp.unix.i386 newsgroup which was renamed to this group) was founded *************** *** 17,23 **** posting, the Frequently Asked Questions posting in comp.unix.questions, and finally the various postings in news.announce.newusers. ! Last Modified: $Id: freq.ques,v 1.5 90/10/01 23:10:04 cpcahil Exp $ This article includes answers to: --- 17,23 ---- posting, the Frequently Asked Questions posting in comp.unix.questions, and finally the various postings in news.announce.newusers. ! Last Modified: $Id: freq.ques,v 1.6 91/02/03 10:30:15 cpcahil Exp $ This article includes answers to: *************** *** 65,71 **** This group was formed to discuss the various implementations of UNIX on the Intel 386 architecture. This includes SCO Unix, 386/ix, ISC UNIX, ESIX, Dell, Bell Tech (now Intel) Unix, Microport Unix, ! and, of course, AT&T and any others that I have forgotten. Since no vendor intends to make a 486 specific version of their OS, the use of the various UNIX products on the i486 will also be --- 65,71 ---- This group was formed to discuss the various implementations of UNIX on the Intel 386 architecture. This includes SCO Unix, 386/ix, ISC UNIX, ESIX, Dell, Bell Tech (now Intel) Unix, Microport Unix, ! UHC Unix and, of course, AT&T and any others that I have forgotten. Since no vendor intends to make a 486 specific version of their OS, the use of the various UNIX products on the i486 will also be *************** *** 92,114 **** specific code in their applications (and, IMHO it was a real stupid decision on their part). 3. Is there a binary BSD port for the 386 available anywhere? ! No. However, System V Release 4.0 will have many BSDisms including ! symbolic links, job control, BSD file system, sockets (implemented ! on top of streams). It will also contain the SunOS memory mapped ! files, the Korn shell, and many other nifty things. ! These are now starting to ship (usually beta releases) to end-users ! by Intel, Microport, and UnixHOUSE. I haven't seen these releases, ! nor heard any reports from those that have recieved them. One thing that should be noted here is that the System V R4 release ! has MAJOR changes over the R3 releases and probably won't be stable ! for a while. If you want a stable system, I would suggest that you ! continue to use a R3 until the second release of R4 systems (6-9 mos ! or so). BSD 4.4 will support the 386 architecture as a base system. This means that vendors will have a base BSD system that could be used --- 92,117 ---- specific code in their applications (and, IMHO it was a real stupid decision on their part). + However, System V Release 4 (SVR4) binaries will not run on System V + Release * (where * is less than 4.0) systems. 3. Is there a binary BSD port for the 386 available anywhere? ! No. However, SVR4 has many BSDisms including symbolic links, job ! control, BSD file system, sockets (implemented on top of streams). ! It will also contain the SunOS memory mapped files, the Korn shell, ! and many other nifty things. ! SVR4 is currently shipping from Microport, UHC, and DELL. Intell ! had been shipping SVR4, but has handed its UNIX marketing efforts ! over to ISC. ISC has announced that it will begin shipping SVR4 ! in April. SCO has no plans to ship a SVR4 product, but "will include ! SVR4 features in its SVR3.2 product." One thing that should be noted here is that the System V R4 release ! has MAJOR changes over the R3 releases and won't be stable for a while. ! If you want a stable system, I would suggest that you continue to use ! SVR3.2 until SVR4 stablizes (another 6mos to a year). BSD 4.4 will support the 386 architecture as a base system. This means that vendors will have a base BSD system that could be used *************** *** 139,146 **** At least one company (Mt Xinu) has announced that they will support (and distribute) the MACH source code (assuming you have the ! appropriate license) but there have been no announcements about ! commercial binary distributions. 4. What hardware works with brand X Unix and/or X11 --- 142,150 ---- At least one company (Mt Xinu) has announced that they will support (and distribute) the MACH source code (assuming you have the ! appropriate license) AND has announced the availability of a binary ! product based upon the same. Support for various PC devices is ! somewhat limited. 4. What hardware works with brand X Unix and/or X11 *************** *** 211,218 **** 8. Is there a port of X11 R3/4 available for whatever? X11R3 is available from all of the 386 UNIX distributors. - There are no releases fully based upon X11R4 yet. 9. What are good intelligent multi-port serial card solutions? This is yet another religous issue. The following cards are --- 215,245 ---- 8. Is there a port of X11 R3/4 available for whatever? X11R3 is available from all of the 386 UNIX distributors. + Thomas Roell has ported X11R4 to the 80386 architecture and has + posted patches to enable it to run with a variety of VGA based + boards. All you need is the X11R4 distribution from MIT, Roell's + patches and voila you get X11R4. For sources to the X11R4 sources + you can see the FAQ posting in comp.windows.x. + + I have heard very good reports on the performance of this server + from the many people that have used it, so if you need X or + want X11R4, you should check this out. + + This stuff is available from the following sites: + + ftp: flop.informatik.tu-muenchen.de in /pub/i386/X11R4 + + uucp: speed: TB+/PEP phone: 512-346-2339 + system: bigtex + login: nuucp (no password) + files: /usr3/X11r4/i386.server/README + /usr3/X11r4/i386.server/X386.man + /usr3/X11r4/i386.server/Xserver.tar.Z + + uucp: system: zok (connection info available in the + FAQ posting to comp.windows.x) + 9. What are good intelligent multi-port serial card solutions? This is yet another religous issue. The following cards are *************** *** 245,254 **** have no experience/pricing info on these cards. Equinox ! Equinox has two serial port solutions: the Megaport 12, and ! Megaport 24. Each board is reputed to be capable of running ! all ports at full 38400 simultaneously. The 24 port cards ! runs around $1200. Installation is a snap, no jumpers to set, no interrupts required for the board. The board can be installed to use memory between 640K and 1 MB for communications between the board and the system. --- 272,282 ---- have no experience/pricing info on these cards. Equinox ! Equinox has several serial port solutions including 12, 24 ! and 96 ports in a single slot. Each board is reputed to be ! capable of running ALL ports at full speed (38400 baud) ! simultaneously with no loss of data. The 24 port card runs ! around $1200. Installation is a snap, no jumpers to set, no interrupts required for the board. The board can be installed to use memory between 640K and 1 MB for communications between the board and the system. *************** *** 255,262 **** The board runs fine. Input/output port sharing is supported. Maxpeed ! Maxpeed has an 8 port card that will run any of the ports ! at speeds up to 38.4K. The card retails for 795, but is usually available at $500 to $550. I lost data when receiving data as speeds > 9600 baud. VPIX did not run correctly on my wyse 60's. I contacted customer --- 283,290 ---- The board runs fine. Input/output port sharing is supported. Maxpeed ! Maxpeed has 8 and 16 port cards that will run any of the ports ! at speeds up to 38.4K. The 8 port card retails for 795, but is usually available at $500 to $550. I lost data when receiving data as speeds > 9600 baud. VPIX did not run correctly on my wyse 60's. I contacted customer *************** *** 344,349 **** --- 372,379 ---- unacceptable for systems that will have moderate to large database files and will therefore need to be increased. + This solution also applies to the various SVR4 products. + 1. If your desired limit is > 12288(6MB): Edit /etc/conf/cf.d/mtune to change the following line: *************** *** 366,371 **** --- 396,402 ---- 4. Rebuild the kernel and reboot. 13. How do you set up a port for both dial-in and dial-out access? + There are two ways to do this. Most intelligent boards provide two devices for every port: one with and one without modem controls. The modem control ports are used for getty, while *************** *** 624,639 **** 18. Why do I run out of inodes on some filesystems when I know I don't have that many files? ! It's a known bug. Corrected in AT&T's 3.2.1 etc..., ISC 2.2, ! and in some binary patches, previously posted here, for ! Microport 3.0e and ISC 2.0 (and Microport SV/AT). If you ! have it, write hate mail to your supplier's expensive QA department... It has been known for years. 19. What is the minimum hardware for running Unix on a 386? A 386SX, 4 MB RAM, 40MB Disk, monochrome adaptor and monitor. ! You can have this for little over $1000 mail order nowadays. Using RLL is advisable, and does not cost you more. With Xenix, you can live with as little as 2MB. --- 655,675 ---- 18. Why do I run out of inodes on some filesystems when I know I don't have that many files? ! It's a known bug that is most often manifested by running ! bnews for news processing (Cnews doesn't seem to cause the ! problem - we have been running Cnews for over a year with a ! full newsfeed and have never seen the problem). Binary patches ! have been posted to this group for several of the SVR3 OSs. ! ! It is not know if the problem still exists in the SVR4 products. ! ! If you have it, write hate mail to your supplier's expensive QA department... It has been known for years. 19. What is the minimum hardware for running Unix on a 386? A 386SX, 4 MB RAM, 40MB Disk, monochrome adaptor and monitor. ! You can have this for less than $1000 mail order nowadays. Using RLL is advisable, and does not cost you more. With Xenix, you can live with as little as 2MB. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc. uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170